Horseshoe Butterflyfish

Chaetodon pictus Forsskål 1775

Chaetodon pictus (Horseshoe Butterflyfish) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family butterflyfishes.

EOL has data for 6 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Oman
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/286963
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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reef
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000130
- Definition: A ridge of rocks, lying near the surface of the sea, which may be visible at low tide, but is usually covered by water.
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has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Neohypocreadium chaetodoni (Madhavi 1972) Bray, Cribb & Baker 1994
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Horseshoe butterflyfish. View this species on GBIF